John Young (governor)

John Young ( born June 12, 1802 in Chelsea, Orange County, Vermont, † April 23, 1852 in New York City ) was an American politician and 1847-1849 Governor of the State of New York. He also represented his country twice as a delegate in the U.S. Congress.

Early years

Already in 1806 John Young came with his parents in the present-day Conesus in Livingston County. There he attended the public schools. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted in 1829 as a lawyer. Then he began to work as a lawyer in Geneseo.

Political ascent to Congressman

Politically, John Young was first a member of the Democratic Party, but then switched to the Whigs. In 1833 and again from 1844 to 1845 he was a member of the House of Representatives from New York. Following the resignation of Congressman Philo C. Fuller, he was elected to succeed him in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he finished the opened legislature between November 9, 1836 to March 3, 1837. He did not run for immediate re-election. Between March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843, he represented his country for the second time as a delegate in the U.S. Congress.

Governor of New York and other CV

On November 2, 1846 John Young was chosen as the candidate of the Whigs for governor of his state. This office he held between January 1, 1847, and January 1, 1849. During this time, a first meeting of the women's rights movement took place in his state. Governor Young was, like his party, against the taking place at this time, Mexican-American War. In addition, Young has adopted a grace power to parole for which located in prison peasants who had rebelled in the time of his predecessor, Silas Wright against the rent contracts of the landlords. In 1848, John Young was a delegate to the national convention of the Whigs, on the Zachary Taylor was nominated as their presidential candidate. Young Taylor assisted in the election campaign. After the expiration of his term of office he was appointed by the Taylor now elected to the U.S. President as Deputy Head of the U.S. financial authorities in New York City. This office he retained until his death from tuberculosis in 1852. John Young was married to Ellen Harris, with whom he had four children.